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"WikiLeaks coined a new type of journalism: scientific journalism. We work with other media outlets to bring people the news, but also to prove it is true. Scientific journalism allows you to read a news story, then to click online to see the original document it is based on. That way you can judge for yourself: Is the story true? Did the journalist report it accurately?

Democratic societies need a strong media and WikiLeaks is part of that media. The media helps keep government honest. WikiLeaks has revealed some hard truths about the Iraq and Afghan wars, and broken stories about corporate corruption.

People have said I am anti-war: for the record, I am not. Sometimes nations need to go to war, and there are just wars. But there is nothing more wrong than a government lying to its people about those wars, then asking these same citizens to put their lives and their taxes on the line for those lies. If a war is justified, then tell the truth and the people will decide whether to support it." Read More

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Angry In Egypt

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When Egypt turned off the internet

Egypt goes off the digital map as authorities unplug the country entirely from the internet ahead of protests.



"About a half-hour past midnight on Friday in Egypt, the internet went dead.

Almost simultaneously, the handful of companies that pipe the internet into and out of Egypt went dark as protesters were gearing up for a fresh round of demonstrations calling for the end of president Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule, experts said.

Egypt has apparently done what many technologists thought was unthinkable for any country with a major internet economy: It unplugged itself entirely from the internet to try and silence dissent.

Experts say it is unlikely that what has happened in Egypt could happen in the United States because the US has numerous internet providers and ways of connecting to the internet. Co-ordinating a simultaneous shutdown would be a massive undertaking.

'It can't happen here' "

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The 'bin Laden' of marginalisation: The real terror eating away at the Arab world is socio-economic marginalisation.

"Conventional wisdom has it that 'terror' in the Arab world is monopolised by al-Qaeda in its various incarnations. There may be some truth in this.

However, this is a limited viewpoint. Regimes in countries like Tunisia and Algeria have been arming and training security apparatuses to fight Osama bin Laden. But they were caught unawares by the 'bin Laden within': the terror of marginalisation for the millions of educated youth who make up a large portion of the region's population.

The winds of uncertainty blowing in the Arab west - the Maghreb - threaten to blow eastwards towards the Levant as the marginalised issue the fatalistic scream of despair to be given freedom and bread or death." Read More

Thousands protest in Jordan

"Thousands of people in Jordan have taken to the streets in protests, demanding the country's prime minister step down, and the government curb rising prices, inflation and unemployment.

In the third consecutive Friday of protests, about 3,500 opposition activists from Jordan's main Islamist opposition group, trade unions and leftist organisations gathered in the capital, waving colourful banners reading: "Send the corrupt guys to court".

The crowd denounced Samir Rifai's, the prime minister, and his unpopular policies.

Many shouted: 'Rifai go away, prices are on fire and so are the Jordanians.'" Read More

Remember, remember...

"Like in Tunisia, the large protests took many by surprise. They even surprised the leaders of the established political opposition groups who participated in the protests but did not expect them to be that large or inspiring.

They were spontaneous protests fed by public anger, disenchanted youth, and the Tunisian example.

Pictures and information fed from Egypt on Twitter, Facebook, and international TV channels showed a new image of Egypt. Showing that this collective anger should never be underestimated and that Egypt should prepare for the unexpected.

There is a new generation." Read More

VIDEO Hundreds held in Egypt protests - Middle East - Al Jazeera English



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ElBaradei to catalyse Friday rally?

"Mohamed ElBaradei's brother has said the Egyptian opposition leader and Nobel laureate is expected to return Thursday evening to his native land.

The former head of the UN's nuclear agency will participate in protests on Friday, amid growing chaos and calls for political reform in the embattled country.

The Muslim Brotherhood has said it will be leading those demonstrations after Friday prayers, which will be the first time that the main Egyptian opposition party will join in the current unrest.

At least four people have died and the government has detained more than 700 people in response to the biggest opposition rallies in many years.

Protests have been most violent in Suez, east of Cairo. At least two dozen people were wounded in Wednesday night's protests there, and demonstrators burned down a police post on Thursday." Read More

Some 870 wounded during Cairo protests

"They said 450 protesters were treated on the streets and not taken to hospital, while 420 others were hospitalized. They earlier said some were seriously injured, including with gunshot wounds.

Some police were also wounded, but it was not immediately clear how many." Source

Fresh protests erupt in Egypt - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

The Role of Government

"I’ve been thinking a good deal lately about the role of government and overall regulation in the 21st century. I’m the first to admit that this is slightly beyond my area of expertise, but as I’ve spent the last year deeply engrossed in studying the design and implementation of systems, it makes some sense to me, today, see the government as a steward of systems [more on that, shortly]. Having not blogged in a while, I thought I’d chase a couple thoughts on the subject – feel free to weigh in and correct me in the comments.

Coincidentally, President Obama published an article in today’s WSJ on the role of the federal regulatory system." Read More

Black or biracial? Census forces a choice for some...

"There were 784,764 U.S. residents who described their race as white and black in the last census. But that number didn't include Laura Martin, whose father is black and mother is white.

'I've always just checked black on my form," said Martin, a 29-year-old university employee in Las Vegas. She grew up surrounded by black family and friends, listening to black music and active in black causes — "So I'm black.'" Read More

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Needs My Degrees

this was pretty entertaining

WORD???

In another bid to extract blood from a recession-suffering turnip, NY state is attempting to enact an “iPod tax.”

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I Wanna Rock

I like everything about it:)


"Harlem’s Cash has cultivated a sound all of his own – influenced by the likes of Santogold, Coldplay, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye West, Young Jeezy and others. Combining the masterful production of The Government, with their version of a clever mash-up medley featuring a classic Jimi Hendrix beat combined with popular dance song, 2Live Crew’s 'Do The Brown'."

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